Ideas about Government

Which states favored the Virginia Plan?

• smaller states

• midwet states

• larger states

• southern states

Which states favored the New Jersey Plan?

• smaller states

• midwet states

• larger states

• southern states

This document made the King and Queen of England subject to the law.

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia Statute for Relious Freedom

• English Bill of Rights

This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church.

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia Statute for Relious Freedom

• English Bill of Rights

This document established the supremacy of Parliament and prevented the king or queen from changing laws without Parliament's permission.

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia Statute for Relious Freedom

• English Bill of Rights

Proposal for a central government with supreme power and representation based on population.

• Virginia Plan

• Vermont Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• New York Plan

Proposal for government that suggested equal representation for each state, regardless of population.

• Virginia Plan

• Vermont Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• New York Plan

Convention held in 1787 to address the flaws in the Articles of Confederation

• Constitutional Confederation

• Constitutional Convention

• Convention for the Articles

• Shay's Rebellion

Agreement for a bicameral legislature with representation based on population in one house and equal votes for each state in the other

• Great Compromise

• Three Fifths Compromise

• Virginia Compromise

• New Jersey Compromise

Resolution to the debate over counting slaves as part of state populations, each slave was counted as three-fifths of a person

• Great Compromise

• Three Fifths Compromise

• Virginia Compromise

• New Jersey Compromise